News 2015

November 1st!Wonderfully unseasonal weather!

2015

﻿Club Tournament Champions﻿The majority of the Finals matches were played before the lawns were closed.Congratulations to the new Club Champions.GC Level Play Winner Nick Mounfield Runner Up Duncan HectorGC High Handicap Winner Graham Styles, Runner Up Colin GregoryGC Ladies Winner Patricia Noble Runner Up Andrea CarrAC Level Play Winner Nick Mounfield, Runner Up Duncan HectorAC Handicap Winner Peter Aspinall, Runner Up David MathewsAC Single Ball Winner Nick Mounfield, Runner Up David TuttAC High Handicap Winner Colin Gregory, Runner Up David ClanceyMonday GC Challenge Winner John Noble Runners Up Sheila Rhodes and Peter Ross

Sad News

Norma Kennedy, who was Club Secretary, died on 3rd September.Many will remember Norma as our secretary at the time of the club's move from Willian Way to Muddy Lane. She and Andy hosted one of our club's Summer Parties in their delightful garden.Her funeral will be at Stevenage Crematorium on 24th September at 11.45

Congratulations to Peter Aspinall who has won the Area Final of the All England AC competition at Edgbaston, winning all 5 games, and will now compete in the Final at Chester.

National Semi Final of GC Interclub tournament saw Letchworth pitted against Ashby.The games were very close and exciting but resulted in a win for Ashby 5-2 who now progress to the Finals on 26th September

Jack Wicks won the Letchworth Advanced Tournament 8-9 August 2015 This year’s field was perhaps the strongest yet with seven of the nine players having handicaps of scratch or below. Jack Wicks (having recently earned a handicap reduction to -2) proved to be the star of the show, maintaining a 100% record with six wins from his six games. The first of which being a sub-40 minutes sixth turn TP against Nick Mounfield, who won his next seven games to finish in second place.

Friendly GC Doubles match v Leighton Linslade 4th September.The Letchworth team had a most enjoyable day but never fully mastered the idiosyncrasies of the lawns and were defeated by the home team's skills.

Summer Party 2015Instead of the usual bright sunshine we had non-stop rain so the festivities were moved indoors. Games of Jenga, Table Ice-Hockey, Yahtzee and Trivial Pursuits took over instead of the usual crazy croquet and were played just as competitively! Thanks to all who provided such delicious food.

﻿﻿Letchworth Reds drew 9-9 with Enfield (E)﻿﻿ when they played at home on 13th July. The day progressed withmany ups and downs and, as the final whistle blew, Enfield were poised to win the match. However the final game was a draw at full time and a deciding hoop had to be played. Despite having no bisques to draw on Graham held his nerve and won the game against an intense Tony Elliott (4), making the final score for the day a draw at 9 games each.

Croquet Association GC SuccessesCongratulations to the following members who will progress to the next stage in their competitions.Grass Roots - Lynn Wood Centre Stage - Colin Gregory All England - Colin Gregory

Success for Letchworth players in CA Tournaments

Nick Mounfield saw off all opposition to win the GC Level Play Tournament played at Letchworth on 13th June. Coming top of his group in the block stage and beating John Noble 7-4 in his semi-final, Nick went on to beat Paul Gunn in the final 7-4.On 12th June there were three Letchworth players, Tracy Martin, Peter Aspinall and John Noble, in the semi-finals of the GC Handicap Tournament held here. Peter won through to the final but was beaten by Stephen Thornton 10-7 in a 19 point game.

Strawberry Tea Fun GC Doubles

Strawberry Tea Fun GC DoublesWith the sun shining at last, everyone had a great time - plenty of croquet but also plenty of strawberries and cakes!The winning pair were Sheila Rhodes and Ray Scroggins while Beryl Alabaster won the prize for the highest individual score

Edward Martin Cup May 25th

Congratulations to Sue Bathmaker who won the Edward Martin Cup and to David Russell who was also in the Final. John Alabaster and Tracy Martin won the Consolation Doubles

We had a full field of 12 players for the Edward Martin Tournament on Monday 25 MayThere were 3 groups of 4 players who all played each other within their group. The winners of each group, plus the highest placed second player, went through to the Semi-Finals and Final. For those not reaching the Finals there was a Consolation Doubles event to take place at the same time as the Semi-Finals, finishing in time for everyone to watch the Final.

John Andrews from Ipswich won the ﻿﻿CA AC Handicap Tournament held on 13-14 May. ﻿﻿ Both he and Jordan Waters won 4 of their 5 games, but John took the trophy as he had beaten Jordan in one of the earlier rounds. Heather Bennett found the awful weather on Thursday not to her liking, but Peter Aspinall fared rather better, finishing with a stunning game to achieve his CA Bronze Medal, so our congratulations go to him.

May GC Fun Doubles

Success despite the storms at GC May Fun DoublesSheila Rhodes, Jackie Gough and Anne Barrance tied for first place with the highest individual scores while Paul Martin was awarded a consolation prize!The afternoon provided every sort of weather including thunder, lightning, downpours and sunshine but we managed to complete the schedule and finish most of the cakes.

First GC Handicap League match results in a win 11-7 for the Blues versus the Reds

Success at SohamCongratulations to Club members Duncan Hector and Peter Whiting, who represented Herts at the Inter County Golf Croquet tournament held indoors at Soham and were the winners.